Nakajima Ki-44 IIa (Tojo) Hasegawa 1972 tool, 1983 box

Guy Rump
Made a start on this Ki-44. Internal colour is Ammo Mig Nakajima Green.

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Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat.

Guy Rump
Fuselage together, wings and tailplanes added. 🙂

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Engine and engine cover added. 🙂

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Guy Rump
Primer and pre-shading added. 🙂

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Guy Rump
Overall base coat of Vallejo Model Air IJA Light grey green applied. 🙂

Jan Peters
Pulling up a seat Guy, I have one of these in my stash somewhere 😁

Guy Rump
The camouflage is Vallejo Model Air IJA Dark Green, the nose painted with Vallejo Model Air Black and the wing tips I used Ammo Mig Giallo Mimetico. Gloss varnish has been applied for the decals to go on next. 🙂

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Lost_Erik
Officially taking a seat. Interesting paint scheme; Guy.
This is one of few kits I have built and then bought another.

Guy Rump
Decals now added. Next to do is apply some washes and then matt varnish. 🙂

Thanks for looking in Erik. The paint scheme is meant to denote the scheme used in the Philippines during 1944 with a light grey green main coat followed by "splotches" of IJA Dark Green on the upper fuselage. 👍

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Guy Rump
Washes completed, matt varnish applied and masking from cockpit removed. 🙂

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Guy Rump
Undercarriage added, fuel tanks and prop added. Now completed.

The aircraft denoted was a Ki-44 of the 246 Sentai which operated in the Philippines during 1944.
The Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki "Devil Queller" was a single-seat fighter interceptor which was developed by the Nakajima Aircraft Company and operated by the Imperial Japanese Army from 1942 to 1945 during World War 2. Its official designation was Army Type 2 Single-Seat Fighter and its Allied reporting name was Tojo.
The Ki-44 was the fastest climbing Japanese fighter in 1944. It was the Imperial Japanese Army's only interceptor type when the USAAF's B-29s began bombing the Japanese mainland in June 1944. While there were performance restrictions at high altitude, it was superior to the Ki-43 in that it was capable of matching Allied aircraft in climbs and dives, giving pilots more flexibility in combat and greater pilot confidence than the Ki-43; the basic armament of four 12.7mm machine guns or two 12.7mm guns and two 20 mm cannons (or, in a few aircraft, two Ho 301 40mm cannons of limited range) was far more powerful than the older Ki-43's two 12.7mm machine guns.
Production of the Ki-44 was terminated in late 1944 in favour of the more advanced Nakajima Ki-84, and when the war ended, only three Sentai units were still equipped with them.

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Lost_Erik
Looks great, Guy! 👍

Guy Rump
I'm glad that you like it Erik, thanks for your kind comment. 👍

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Jan Peters
Great job Guy!

Guy Rump
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Edward MacKenzie
Wow, this looks great mate! 😄

Guy Rump
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Daniel Klink
very cool choice for the camo and excellent result mate 👍

Guy Rump
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Andy Ball
Just in time to see her done, bravo Guy!

Guy Rump
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